Buckle or clamp



Feb. 13, 1923.

B. H. WHITE BUCKLE OR CLAMP Filed Apr.

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srnnona rr. wrrrrn, or enfonce, rLLrnoIs.

BUCKLE 0R CLAMP.

appiication inea April 3,

To all who/nt t may concer/11 Be it known that l, Bmnona H. Tvilrirrn, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cookand Statevof Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements inBuckles or Clamps, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to buckles or clamps for supporting garments andparticularly to the buckles or clamps described and illustrated in thepending applications for-Letters Patent to the United States, filed byme February 28th, 1920, Serial No. 361,964.

The object of my invention is to improve the aforesaid buckle so thatthe cross-bars of the clamping member thereof can be separated orexpanded at one end to permit of the introduction of the selvage edge ofthe supporting strap, between them, substantially as hereinafter fullydescribed and as particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front view of my improved buckle showing it 'attached tothe broken awa-y portion of a strap.

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken on dotted line 2, 2, Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the same.

The buckle to which my improvements are applied is, preferably,constructed the same as that described andillustrated in my aforesaidpending application for patent, but it will be apparent that in so faras the objects to be accomplished by said improvements, are concerned,it canbe used just aswell in buckle construction similar to those de- Vscribed and illustrated in my pending applications for Letters Patent tothe United States, filed December 26, 1919, Serial No. 347.256. y

My improved buckle comprises two members, one of which consists of aninverted U-shaped form,` the horizontal bar 5 of which has its endsextending vertically downward to form parallel guides 6, 6` the lowerends of which are bent horizontally away from each other for acorresponding distance to form the lower bends 7, 7, of hooks. Theremainder o-f the constri'lctioiji of these hooks is made by bending theouter ends of the bends 7, 7, upwards, to form upright portions 8, thatare substantially parallel to the lower portions of the guides 6, 6. Theupper ends of these portions 8,'terminate below the center of.length ofthe guides 6, and

1920. Seriali- No. 370,362.

are bent forward to form guards 9, 9, that extend to the verticaltransverse plane of the bar 5 and guides 6, 6, and are then bent towardeach other and looped to form terminal eyes 10, 10. The bends 7, '7, arepreferably, curved rearwardly so as to conform to the curvature ofv theform of the body of the wearer against which theyare designed tobear,and the terminals 10, 10, of these hooks are provided with eyes so as toprevent tearing the fabric and to facilitate thev passage of the samepast said terminals which said fabric would otherwise do if theterminals ended by abruptly cutting off the same.

, rlhe other member of said buckle comprises a clamp that is, preferablymade of a single piece of wire and consists of a substantially`straight. horizont-ally disposed cross-bar 11, which at one end-iscoiled around one of the uprights 6 of the supporting-frame, 'to form aneye 13, vthat is slidable thereon, and extends from thenceto the otherupright 6 around which latter it is looselycoiled to form a tube 12 thatsurrounds and slides up and down upon the other guide 6. From the upperend of the tube 12, the wire extends in a direction substantiallyparallel to the cross-bar 1 1 to provide across-bar 14,' and `the end ofthis cross-bar 14 opposite tube 12 is loosely coiled44 around theopposite guide, 6, to form an eye 15 that' is likewise slidable on saidguide. The twol eyes, 13 and 15, constitute a tube similar to tube 12,and facilitate the upward and downward movement of the clamp on thesupporting-frame. When the thickened end of strap A is threaded betweenthe crossbars of the clamp, the ends of the latter terminating in eyes13y and 15, respectively, are separatedl further apart, substantially asshown in dotted lines in Figure 1, and provide a wider space for saidthickenedv ends of the strap to be inserted between the crossbars,which, if said bars were not vseparable in this manner would render theinsertion of y the thickened end of Said strap A a very difficult thingto do. p

The making of tl'ieVcross-bars separable in the manner above explained,permits the strapto be held between the cross-bars 14 and -11 in a muchmore satisfactory inanner, especially if the lower cross-bar is pro,-vided with. an upward offset portion 16 between its ends. This could notbe done were the cross-bar not separable.

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ln operation the lower rend of strap A is first passed under and aroundthe upper cross-bar 14 of the clamp, then back between said cross-bar leand cross-bar 5 of the supporting-frame, and then around the latter anddown in liront of cross-bar la and between the same and cross-bar 16 ofthe clamp. 'W hen any weight is put upon the hooks of thesupporting-frame it will be drawn downwards and the fabric or strap willbe clamped between the cross-bar le oit 'the clamp and the horizont-albar 5 oit the supporting traine. he operation of the buckle in otherrespects is the saine asthat described and claimed in my aforesaidapplicati'ons.

' Vllhat l claim as new is:

l. A buckle comprising an inverted llshapecl supporting-frame inade oi'lone continuous piece or wire its ends bent downwards to formparallelportions and having the lower ends of' said parallel portions bentllaterally away trom each other and formed into hooks, and a clamping`member consisting` oraA lower and van upper horizontal cross-barconnected at their ends by resilient tubular guides, one of which isdivided mediate its ends, and said ,guides being,` slidabl)7 mounted onthe parallel portions of. said supporting-frame, said clamping` membeiYalso being made of a continuous piece 01" wire and the guides of severalcoils.

2. A buckle comprising` an invert-ed lulshaped supporting-frameconsisting ot a cross-bar thevends of which are bent downwardssubstantially parallel to each other and have their lower ends bentlaterally away from each other and formed into hooks, and a clampingmember consisting of a. lower andan upper horizontal cross-barAconnected at one-end by a resilient tubular guide that is slidablymounted on one ot the parallel portions oi? the si'ipporting-"rame, andhaving `their opposite ends separated and 'formed into oyes that areslidably mounted upon the other parallel portion el" said frame. v 8. Arbuckle comprising an inverted llshapedi supporting-frame consisting' olia cross-bar the ends oi? which are bent downwards substantially parallelto each other and have their lower ends bent late-rally away Vgom eachother and 'formed into hooks.7 and a clamping member consisting; of alower and an upper horizontal cross-bar one of which is ollset towardthe other. and which are connected at one end by a resilient tubularguide that is slidably mounted ou one oil the parallel portions' of thesupportingr-frame and have their opposite ends separated and formed intoeyes that are slidably mounted upon -the other parallel por- 'tion osaidframe,

Wiessee buckle including an inverted U- shaped frame comprising` across-bar the ends o'f which are bent downwards substantially parallelto each other and have their lower ends formed to attach to a garment,and a clamping member comprising a lower and an upper horizontalcross-bar and resilient means integral with the ends of said lower andupper horizontal bars and slidably mounted on one of said parallel frameportions, the free ends of said horizontal bars being rormed with eyesslidable on the other of said parallel frame portions.

in a fastener, lthe combination with a U-sha'ied member, of a resilientmember slidal ly mounted upon said U-shaped member and having its endscoiled about oneleg ot the tl-shaped member and its middle coiled aboutthe otherleg.

G. ln a fastener, the combination with a lll-shaped member, of aresilient member having its middle coiled about oneleg of the tlshapedmember and shank -portions substantially in the plane of the U-shapedmember, terminating in coils aboutthe other legi' oii thell-shapedmember, said resilient member being slidable upon said U-shapedmember.

7. .Ar buckle comprising, a lil-shaped member having the parallel sidesthereoifbent laterally away from eachother and terminating in eyes, anda resilient member slidabl;T mounted upon saidVU-shaped member andluwinp; its ends coiled about one side of said ll-shaped member and itsmiddle coiled about the other side oit said U-shaped member. y

8. t buckle comprising a ll-shapedmember having; the parallel sidesthereof bent laterally away trom each other and formed into hooks, and aresilient clamping' member haring' its middle coiled about one side ofsaid ll-shaped .member and `shank portionsy substantially in the planeof thelJ-shapod memberr` terminating' inc-oils aboutthe other ot' said'll -shaped member, said clamping men'iber boingi slidable upon saidrUI-.shaped n: embor. l f

9. ln a fastener, the combination with a ll-shapod member, of arcsiliei'itniemberhav- 'tions coiled :fibout the legis oi the llmember,and `shank portions .subllv in the )lane oit the lU-sha-ped memianlr ons.being bent n tion-..said resilslidable upon said tlber, fmifaril thelent member being;

h aped u'ieinbei ln witness whereof, have hereunto set my hand this 20thday oi lll-arch, `'1920.

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